host: james patterson, we were also identifying you as a literacy advocate. what are you working on? guest: well, we just do an awful lot, my wife and i. we have scholarships for teachers or people studying to be teachers at i think 30 universities now with over 450 scholarships for teachers. i will do graduation speeches. i did at some of the school's. i done them at manhattan college, mississippi state, arkansas. we have programs for scholastic. we gave away almost 2 million to school library/during this year we will do classroom libraries, which is i think even cooler because a lot of times these teachers are putting up their own money to buy books for their classes, so that's-- and so climbing in like 10 days we got like 20000 teachers saying please help her classroom. we do a thing in the holidays where we give out just bonuses to people that work in bookstores around the country and in a lot of ways that's the most gratifying because they always write letters. the letters are always articulate and emotional and you got to understand with a lot of these

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. >> james patterson, we are also fight you as a literacy advocate. what are you working on? >> guest: well, we just do an author -- my wife and i, we have scholarships for teachers or people who are studying to be teachers at i think 30 universities now. we have over 450 scholarships for teachers. that's one thing. and i'll do graduation speeches. did -- some of these schools, at mississippi state, arkansas, just did the university of the pacific. we have programs for scholastics, we gave away almost two million to school libraries last year. this year we'll do classroom libraries, which is i think even cooler, because a lot of times teachers are putting up their own money to buy books for the classes, and so that's -- so far -- in ten days we got 20,000 teachers saying, please help our classroom. we do a thing in the holidays where we give out diplomas to people who work in book stores around the country, and a lot of ways that the most gratifying because they write letters and the letters articulate. people don't have much money and $1,500 or a thousand dollars comes out o

the investigation started when an atlantic county pharmacist reported that patterson and others were traveling more than 100 miles to obtain large quantities of the drugs. >>> water department crews are repairing a 12-inch water main break. the pipe broke yesterday evening. the rush of the water caused the sidewalk to buckle and collapse. >>> we're getting a better look of a woman's rescue from the top of a water tower in new castle county. the 59-year-old maintenance worker became trapped. rescuer strapped her to a stretcher and airlifted her to paramedics. the woman is being treated for serious injuries. >>> the special that was not on the menu, video of alle -- apple bee's take down. >> reporter: today is the kind of day heat becomes dangersous. it is 80 degrees. we're shooting up from there. the accuweather is next. >> the city of philadelphia is helping residents stay cool during excessive heat. they canceled all pool activities meaning they have opened a full day of swim instead. they open at 11:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. >> reporter: it's a good idea to go into the pool today dealin

steve patterson looks at the impact on workers and business. >> reporter: it's a battle that's been waged for years. activists fighting for an increase in the minimum wage. in many cities across the nation it worked. starting this weekend, new wages in effect. in washington, d.c., pay went up $1 to 12.50 an hour. in chicago, up 50 cents, to $11. in san francisco, up $1, now 14. and here in los angeles. >> progress, i'm so excited. >> reporter: minimum wage now $12 an hour. something a small business owner says is hard on business. >> we're going to have to keep a tighter eye on payroll, do more with less. we're in the business of trying to make money here. >> reporter: seattle has been on the forefront of minimum wage hikes. the hike there may have led to higher business costs, fewer jobs and cuts in hours. >> customers aren't necessarily willing to pay that much more for a burrito or a hamburger. instead, businesses are trying to find other ways to offset that cost. >> reporter: the seattle pay hike had no effect on food service employment. as wages rise in cities around the country, wor

jose. >> in los angeles, steve patterson, thank you. one thing the faa cannot control is unruly passenger behavior. which is one hot topic addressed on "sunday night with megyn kelly. here's megyn with a preview of that. >> fasten your seat belts. josh with what's happening in the unfriendly skies. >> we've reached a boiling point. >> is it the airline's fault? >> ts hera e'dirty secret in the airline industry and all passengers are not created equal. >> we're not equal? >> no. >> is there equal blame to go around? >> on instagram and twitter, you are documenting some fear somely ill-mannered behavior. >> uh-huh. >> and in a chicago neighborhood that is ground zero for that city's gun violence epidemic -- >> on a scale of one to two in terms of the violence, where would you put it? >> 12. >> craig melvin meets a remarkable coach trying to make a difference in young lives. >> he's like what the pope is to the vatican, he's like the glue in this area. >> a coach and his team finding success against seemingly impossible odds. plus we sit d

steve patterson has our report. >> reporter: rushing, a bit of summer fun. that within minutes turned into a roaring watery death trap. >> holy mackerel. >> there were 14 people that weren't accounted for after the flash flood went through. >> reporter: officials say a family group of 14 people were in the creek when a wall of debris-filled water swept through the canyon. >> normally it's just a trickle of a creek, but during the monsoon season, it can go from a foot deep to ten feet deep in a matter of minutes. >> reporter: you can see people there clinging to a tree in the rushing waters. video captured by someone who tried to rescue some people in the water. >> we looked down, somebody in a tree, guy in a tree holding his two-year-old daughter. >> reporter: authorities say a fire just weeks ago cleared the area around the creek of vegetation. yesterday afternoon, rolled off the surrounding hills, turning into a deadly wall of water. among the nine dead, at least three children. four others rescued by helicopter, and rushed to a hospital. >> if he sees any

steve patterson has the terrifying story. >> all right. >> reporter: police body cam video capturing a frantic rescue in the middle of the night. >> sir, can you hear me? >> reporter: an suv pinned under a cargo train in la marque, texas. >> 35, got at least one inside, trapped. >> reporter: inside, a man and woman are injured and trapped. the camera attached to veteran officer andrew best. >> you can get to the unlock button? >> reporter: the video shows several attempts to break in, slamming his baton into the window. >> that's what i was talking about. >> reporter: eventually the glass shatters. >> i know, i know, hold on, buddy, we got medics coming. >> reporter: but then a terrifying sound. >> medics on the way. what the -- tell them to stop! stop the train! >> reporter: for several heart-pounding seconds the train drags the suv 100 yards. >> when it started moving, it was just how are we going to get this thing to stop? >> stop! >> reporter: best radios for backup, trying to get a message to the conductor. >> 35, calling in, railroad company, tell them to stop moving. they're d

>> steve patterson out west, thank you. >>> as president trump approaches six months in office, he has not hesitated to tout his accomplishments, even though major goals such as health care reform and fixing the country's infrastructure remain just that, goals. but the president has achieved some of what he set out to do. nbc's kasie hunt has a reality check at the six-month mark. >> reporter: the promises were bold -- >> i guarantee we're going to build that wall. repealing and replacing obamacare. rebuild our highways, bridges, tunnels. >> reporter: and the claims are brash. >> never has there been a president, with few exceptions, in the case of fdr, he had a major depression to handle -- who has passed more legislation, who has done more things than what we're doing. >> reporter: but what's the reality for president trump halfway through his first year in office? in a word, it's been tumultuous. within days of his swearing in, president trump signed executive orders temporarily banning immigrants from six predominantly muslim countries. pulling the u.s. out of the trans-pacific par

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nbc's steve patterson has details. >> reporter: the creek, flowing to a popular swimming hole, rushing, but navigable, a bit of summer fun. that within minutes, turned into a roaring, watery death trap. >> holy mackerel. >> there were 14 people that weren't accounted for after the flash flood went through. >> reporter: officials say a family group of 14 people were in the creek when a wall of debris-filled water swept through the canyon. >> normally it's just a trickle of a creek but during the monsoon season it can go from a foot deep to ten feet deep in a matter of minutes. >> reporter: you can see people there clinging to a tree in the rushing waters. video captured by disa alexander who tried to rescue some of the people in the water. >> we looked down and there's a guy in a tree, holding his daughter. maybe 2-year-old daughter. >> reporter: authorities say a fire just weeks ago cleared the area around the creek of vegetation. it rolled off the surrounding hills and turned into a deadly wall of water. among the nine dead, at least three children. four others rescued by helicopter.

. >> reporter: it was the patterson mansion.his was their during those days in 1903, when the patterson's were filthy rich and sometimes found themselves in our lovely town, but now it can be anybody's pad for a small fortune, but it can also be their best friend. >> it's a new concept in urban living. we call it urban living re-imagined. >> it's calling this the ampier dupont circle. you can rent them for a couple weeks, a couple months or a year. it also becomes your social club with all kinds of built in ameniti amenities. >> that would be a continental breakfast in the morning, and they will have a liquor license. in the evenings when they come home, most likely they will come up here and anybodile on some of the grab a drink at the bar. >> spaces will be designed for relaxation. there will be a speaker series, rotating art installations, and artists coming into explain their works. and then book signings all in the rare air of this high-end sanctuary. >> it's bringing the city in for our residents. >> as for the apartments

steve patterson, nbc news los angeles. >>> the rapper performing when gunfire erupted in a nightclub has been arrested. was arrest on outstanding warrants unrelated to the shooting. he's now facing charges of aggravated a. no arrests have been made in the shooting that injured 28 people. it's believed that people opened fire maybe in dispute with a gang. >>> expert patrols across the bay area this weekend to enforce boating under the influence laws. coast guard wants to remind everybody boating while intoxicated is just as dangerous as drinking and driving, and it's illegal to do so. and that goes for every single state zblch also they're not just dangerous but fireworks can cause a lot of pollution. they're asking people to not use their own fireworks. tay say the it dust, the soot, the smoke can lead to lot of asthma attacks. even safe fireworks have metal salts that can lead to kpepsive levels of smoke. >> what's that? you want to chime in? a lot going on across the bay area. parades taking place and whatever it is peggy wanted to say. >> rob came over and i thought it was chat ti

patricia patterson is pharmacist who works for a different store chain - where robberies happen all thee. the la county sheriff's department says the women loaded up their bags with hygiene products like deodorants, expensive make-up and baby formula.stuff that detectives say can be easily fenced.patricia patterson/pharmacist:"they'll sell in on ebay. they can big mark up where people will steal health care items and sell them on ebay." this is a freeze frame of two of the women.the video camera also captured a 3rd woman running out with a bag after the struggle with the stun gun around nine last night.arcadia police say the women did the same thing at this vons pavillions store about an hour later.this time the stun gun was used on a security guard. --nat-- at perfection beauty salon -- near cvs - natalie vi and her co-workers say such a bold crime has them worried about their safety when the work late.natalie vi, hair stylist:"sometimes by myself with the customer so i think from now on, have to lock the door after 7o'clock." detectives say this is the getaway car.it's a newer model r

mediante un comunicado, el director de la policÍa de patterson nos informÓ lo siguiente: "esto es alarmantecustodia del padre. la policÍa de la ciudad no ha emitido ninguna orden de arresto contra la mujer. ♪ illia: senadores presentan una propuesta de ley para presionar al congreso para que legalice a los dreamers. una iniciativa que busca darle los papeles a los dreamers de daka. fernando: la propuesta para legalizarlos se reavivÓ en el senado. >> quienes vinieron al paÍs de niÑos y crecieron sin rÉcord criminal deberÍan tener la oportunidad de hacer de los estados unidos una mejor naciÓn. fernando: el departamento de seguridad nacional dijo que daka puede terminar. >> en caso de que terminen el programa y esa polÍtica, tenemos al congreso, tenemos una propuesta en el congreso que es fuerte, que permitirÍa a los dreamers un camino a la ciudadanÍa.. fernando: es incierto si el gobierno del pan va --trump va a defender daka. >> ese momento difÍcil, lo reconozco, pero se que hay muchas personas que nos estÁn apoyando. >> la pregunta por el partido republicano es el que le decimos a esta gent

nbc's steve patterson is in california, santa barbara county, with much more. steve, good morning. >> reporter: willie, good morning to you, from an area where the ash is falling so thick, it appears like so. firefighters are spread between 15 major fires across the state of california. this latest fire broke out while crews were already battling one of the largest, less than 30 miles away. now some of those same crews are in a race against time against flames that are very aggressive. wildfire tearing through the hillside. the raging whittier fire in california's los padres national forest bursting overnight. the flames 2 to 3,000 acres of, burning trees, even setting a highway ablaze. crews struggling to keep up. >> it's a big fire, very unpredictable right now with the weather conditions, the heat, the wind. >> reporter: on saturday, the fire threatened 80 campers who couldn't immediately flee a nearby ranch. fortunately, firefighter were able to get everyone to safety before the campground was to find. >> we're kind of lucky, all we had was our camping stuf

steve patterson joins me now from that rally. what are you hearing?rter: hey, katy, there is a palpable sense of fear here in this crowd of hundreds. we're talking protesters with planned parenthood, on all sized of this healthcare debate, doctors, nurses, nurse-practitioners and people who have employee-backed healthcare and who don't and have taken advantage of the aca and now worried about a lot of benefits and protections taken back. we were just speaking to a nurse practitioner. she tells me she's scared about people dying because of this gop backed healthcare bill. she's scared of people coming to her office with stage 3 and stage 4 cancer instead of stage-1 and stage 2 because they're not able to catch it as early as they'd like to be. i will keep walk back. we will see speakers and expect senator harris to come. i spoke to a mother who has a daughter with a heteroplastic heart, half of a heart, a pre-existing condition she's worried about under protection with the aca and worried about will be revoked and won't be able to get her daughter the

i did a tip on them before the patterson apricots.hese are bigger and they have some great meat to them and texture. but right now, in the market these are my favorites. they are much smaller but they got such a high sugar content to 'em. it is incredible! but selection and storage is very, very important. when you buy them, the more orange they are the better they will be free from any shriveling, and heavy for their size. when you bring them home on the counter. now, these apricots, look at this, see how easy they break apart from the pit? the juice is incredible. they might be the most nutritional of all summer fruits loaded with nutritional value. they are a super food! they are also great on the grill. but when they're this sweet and small, i don't put them on the grill. i break them open in half and i just enjoy them. and i'm tony tantillo, your fresh grocer. nd always remember to eat fresh and stay healthy. for an armed robbery sentence in nevada. we'll have continuing coverage of the decision and mo >>> o.j. simpson's granted

nbc's steve patterson is at l.a.x. with more. >> reporter: for years, it's been a growing problem.etting larger while the space between airline seats shrinks. >> i think it's ridiculous that prices keep rising and the seats keep getting smaller. >> reporter: on friday, a federal judge in washington, d.c. ordered the faa to review its decision. they previously denied passenger pleas. critics say airlines are cramming people in for one reason. >> the airlines want to make more profits. >> reporter: they said to take another look, calling this the case of the incredible shrinking airline seat. >> as we see more and more people being squeezed into the airplanes, we're now reaching the point where we don't think people can get out like they need to. and this has become a real safety issue. >> reporter: the airline industry says they meet or exceed all federal safety standards and say there's no need for the government to interfere with the market. the advocacy group fryers rights cited data that over the decades, the seat pitch has dwindled from a comfortable 35 inches to 31. some plane

robeson-patterson petition made the u.s. authorities seem like what they were, which was hypocrites. and malcolm x of course talked about taking the u.s. authorities to international bodies, and traveled a great deal to that end. you may know the 1970's, the national conference of black lawyers tried to do the same thing. it is an idea that won't go away because it does not seem that our problems are going away anytime soon. there are only so many remedies and solutions to our problem, one of which is trying to make more friends and allies in the international community to lengthen the battlefield, to not be restricted to the four ,orners of the united states where future folks may suggest that a retrograde reactionary forces have a certain amount of capability and potency. the way that we outflank them, the way we drove the tables on and makereate friends friends, not least amongst those that have a bone to pick with them. we can start with havana, cuba for example. thank you very much. >> [applause] >> on history bookshelf

nbc steve patterson complains what it could mean for you. >> reporter: for years it's been a growing problem. americans getting larger while the space between airline seats shrinks. >> i think it's the ridiculous that the prices keep rising and >> reporter: the agency previously denied passenger employees that it step in and set standards to protect health and safety. critics say airlines are cramming people in for one reason. >> the airlines want to make more profits. >> reporter: the judge's strongly worded opinion told the feds to take another look. >> as we see more and more people being squeezed into the airplanes we're now reaching the point we don't think people can get out where they need to. and this is becoming a real safety issue. >> reporter: they say there's no need for the government to interfere with the market. the advocacy group fliers rights cited data over a number of decades the average seat pitch has dwindled from a comfortable 35 inches to 31, some planes as low while seat width narrowed from 18.5 to 17 over the last decade. during that same time the average ame

to a station at $4 million over 20 years meanwhile philadelphia made two deals one turning from patterson station to at&t station for $5 million the other was to turn market east and jefferson for $4 million. no doubt a lot of money but the question is does this work in dc? they will start by looking at four stations gallery place, metro center, navy yard and the plaza and as they do the question do riders want this? a survey five years ago said no you don't want this. i will end this with one must think showing you a picture. maybe i am getting carried away. maybe we can find a couple million dollars and do some advertising with the wusa9 park or call it the evans circle. probably not. with the latest from northwest evan kozlov wusa9 today talk of increasing digital advertising. these are three times more profitable than other advertisers. >>> some people are keeping cool today by splashing around in the silver springs fountain. we have no shortage of comments tonight on our wusa9 facebook page. >> willie says i am 37 weeks pregnant so i am miserable get rid of the heat and sarah says sh

steve patterson, nbc news, los angeles. >>> we are back in a moment with a party where they have fun while they learn to save lives. >>> the scene on the jersey shore today hardly a beach day as the area got pounded by a rare summer nor'easter. the storm brought heavy winds and minor flooding after dropping five inches of rain. while the rain was over by this morning. the winds and high surf kept people out of the water. >> that brings us to an important issue as we all enjoy the summer. keeping safe in the water. a close call for one family drove a mother in maryland to do her part to train others and potentially life saving cpr. it's serious business, but as nbc's correspondent reports, learning it can be fun. >> reporter: it is girls day out in bethesda, maryland. a little rose, cheese and crackers, and cpr. >> seven, eight, nine, ten. >> reporter: it is not an emergency but a party where guests learn cpr along with socializing. >> made it easy to learn. while still having some fun. >> reporter: laura metro founded cpr party after she almost lost her son clay. >> he was 3 1/2 at t

philly made two deals, one where they turned it from patterson station to att for $5 million and anotheras to turn market e station to jefferson station for 4 philly the dollars. no doubt, we are talking about a lot of money. the question is will this work in dc? right now they're going to start by looking at four stations with i are gallery place, metro center, navy yard and land front plaza. the question is do riders want this? a survey a year ago half of you said no. i will end this with one last thing by showing you a picture. maybe i am getting too carried away. maybe wusa9 can find something lying around and do some advertising of our own. do you want stadium andrea station? probably not. >> stadium rhone has a better sounding name. if somebody wants to pay for it, i will go with it. >>> with digital advertising, metro says these are three times more profitable than normal ads. >>> caught on camera, a brutal attack in greece that ended in the death of a young american tourist. we'll be back. >>> shocking security footage shows an angry mob brutally attack henderson, the american ki

avoid the patterson pass road. use tesla or stay on 580. 30 minutes between 205 and 680. over at the bay bridge toll plaza, pretty slow along the eastshore freeway. 25-minute ride from the carquinez bridge to the maze. from the maze slower in the red 35 minutes into downtown san francisco. >>> good morning, san jose! you have sunny skies, a little faint layer of some low clouds and drifting in from the santa cruz mountains. see it there in the distance? otherwise, the mid-level clouds from monsoon moisture from the south. 52 in santa rosa to 62 in livermore. san francisco 54, delays at sfo of one hour on some arriving flights. sunshine in pacifica today. hot on the weekend. >>> good morning. to our viewers in the west. it's friday, july 14th, 2017. welcome back to cbs this morning. ahead bob schafer on donald trump jr. and russian election meddling. and amazon could share your alexa information with app developers. what you need to know before talking to the virtual assistance. and today's "eye opener." >> president trump is heading to pari

. >>> rugby player michael patterson recently got married.his is him right here at the corner of this dance floor getting ready for his first dance. his lady right behind him. then you start hearing ed sheeran's "galway girl." and the moves start. ♪ then he starts tap dancing. everybody goes crazy. he learned this tap dance for the wedding with his now wife. his moves were pretty impressive for a dude that never tap danced before. >> he appears to be lighter on his feet than you imagine. >> don't forget what he does. he's a rugby player. he's on his toes all the time ducking and dodging tackles. >> smashing into them too. >> you walk around in rugby cleats, it sounds like tap dancing shoes anyway. >> true. >> he's doing a great job. the crowd is loving it. but soon enough, his lady joins him on the dance floor. and she, too, has learned this choreography. >> this is cute. we see a lot of first dances and a lot of times they're traditional or fun and include some of the wedding party. but they went to great lengths to make sure this was specia

steve patterson is in the fire zone near santa barbara. >> reporter: tonight, a fight for control. massive tanker planes trying to contain some of the 50 large wildfires in 11 states from the air. on the ground, some 5,000 firefighters are now on the front lines of 14 blazes burning across california. including the explosive whittier fire in santa barbara county, currently raging out of control. >> this is when the fire behavior really starts to pick up. >> reporter: it's chewed through thousands of acres, it's destroyed many structures including homes. >> it moved in quick pace through here. and it burned really hot. this house standing here on top of this ridge didn't have a chance. >> reporter: ompblts overnight the claims overtook a children's nature camp and was forced to evacuate leaving behind several animals. just two miles away, 80 campers barely made it out alive at the circle v ranch. fortunately firefighters were able to get everyone to safety before the camp was torched. parents, relieved. >> the phone lines were down and the firefighters were fighting the fire. >> rep

test results indicate low levels aft clover daily river, park beach, del rio woods beach and patt patterson point beach. you're still allowed to go in the water but you're warned not to drink with it or cook in it and keep children and pets away from the algae. >>> beach goers watch for dangerous large waves and rip currents at bay area and central coast beaches this weekend. a warning will go into effect on friday morning and last through monday for coastal areas. the national weather service warns the condition will raise the threat of rip currents and sneaker waves. >>> last week san francisco marathon may be the last time runners race on golden gate traffic lanes. some 15,000 runners crossed the bridge but some of them didn't follow the rules. many ignored instructions to stick to the lanes closest to the sidewalk. instead they ran into the two lanes set aside as a buffer zone and a bus lane. the bridge district is considering having participants stick to the walks in future events. >>> angry reaction over the president's plan to stop transgender people from putting on the uniform. >> t

ross patterson and his friends often bike down at the park. he says they avoid that part of water street. >> the city could do better with the lighting, so light draws away things like that. so it's like, you know, kids are going to be drawn to an area where i smell substances there. >> reporter: most of the crime reported trespassing, drinking in public. this shows two men suspected of taking two bicycles. they innesitially are unaware o security cameras and grab what they can to disguise themself. raised the concern of residents and people who work in the area. d.c. police say in a statement they have received reports of illegal activity in the area adding recently we've increased the amount of patrols to this area and have been working with our partners at the u.s. park police to address this on going problem. d.c. police statistics show an uptick in both robberies and assaults in which guns were not used in this same area in recent weeks. jackie benson, news 4. >>> i'm leon harris at the live desk. the white house communications chief is s

you'll encounter that smoky air as soon as you hit the triangle and possibly towards patterson as well. back to our weather. the best news is the fact that it's been much cooler this week. a lot more comfortable out there. that's due to this area of low pressure in the pacific developing the fog at the immediate coastline. for tomorrow morning, setting ourselves up for a beautiful start. patchy fog, south bay 60 and mostly sunny and for the tri-valley, 61. san francisco begins with a little bit of morning cloud cover and 55. some fog near the bay and 57 degrees. let's go to the fiek row climate forecast. no big swings in the temperatures. warmer weather toward morgan hill at 88. notice, it gets a little cooler by the bay. cupertino, 81. the highest in the east bay where humidity is the low. wind out of the southwest still at 31. the warmest weather in concord at 92. the coolest spot will be oakland and 47 degrees. 81 in palo alto. san francisco, westerly wind at 19 with a cold brisk breeze will keep us at 66 along the embarcadero. the north bay, 88 in napa. 87 in novato. my forecast in

. >> that was stooeft patterson reporting. >>> the firefighters out west get an assist from the weather. here's bonnie schneider. >> we also have very low humtdty if and that makes matters worse out there. the midwest we're also tracking some heavy, heavy rain. of course, flooding occurring in wisconsin, these are strong storms with a big dome of high pressure. the heat is building across the u.s. we're talking about triple-digit numbers across the midwest, parts of kansas and missouri, this is the first day of a heat wave. o and in fresno. frances, that heat is building across the midwest. we'll see temperatures in the upper 90s in st. louis >>> now to one of the worst crashes during the tour de france. he slid along the road before hitting another rider. potter was taken away on a stretcher. he fractured both his pelvis and collarbone and will not be finishing the race. >>> just ahead -- kids snorting chocolate. how could that be a good idea? >>> and flooding hits a critical mass as the ground gives way. details ahead. noo introducing the easiest way to get gillette blades text "blade

close to the bay area, you'll notice that starting near the tracy triangle and towards patterson. in terms to the fire, mariposa, more hot weather. low humidity at 20%. and winds variable at 10 to 20 miles per hour. full coverage at nbcbayarea.com. our morning forecast, it will be a nice start for us here. very comfortable. you can leave the windows open tonight. that natural a.c. ocean air. 60 in the south bay. and for the trivalley, 61 degrees. san francisco, 55. and for the north bay, a few clouds and 56 degrees. as we head throughout the day tomorrow, on your thursday, no huge differences in temperatures. we're looking at 83 in downtown san jose. 87 here in gilroy. for the east bay, humidity will be the lowest here, down to 30%. wind a little breezy out of the southwest at 13. and 92 in concord, is the warmest, over to hayward, 75. a look at the peninsula looks really good. right where we should be. palo alto, 81 degrees. san mateo, 74. san francisco, classic july weather in play. 67 in the mission. and a cool 63 in the marina. winds up to 19 miles per hour. north bay, 79 in m

and deputy chief patterson said the hard work of san jose and cal fire crews paid off.d also extend into allen rock park, burning the north edge of the park. we're learning that the power is still out -- is till off but residents are being allowed back home. also at its peak, about 150 personnel were fighting this blaze in often difficult terrain. this is the first it fire we're told in this specific area in quite some time. and deputy chief patterson explained why this fire moved so quickly. >> this is the first fire that we've had in this specific location in quite some time. so this time of year we see -- sometimes we will see some of the hot dry fast moving fires. this followed the wind pattern and pushed it in the same direction as the winds there. we saw some of the slope challenges that we have where the fire moves uphill and down the canyons faster. >> reporter: so a challenge here that we're coming out of a drought. there's a lot of fresh vegetation right now that is also dry that will burn quickly. right now crews will be here throughout the day putting out ho

nbc's steve patterson has details. >> reporter: the creek, flowing to a popular swimming hole, rushing, but navigable, a bit of summer fun. within minutes, it turned into a roaring, watery death trap. >> holy mackerel. >> there were 14 people unaccounted for. >> reporter: a family group of 14 people were in the creek when a wall of debris-filled water swept through the the creek. in the monsoon season, it can go from a foot deep to ten feet deep in a matter of minutes. >> reporter: you can can see people there clinging to the tree. video captured by disa alexander, who tried to help some people. >> we looked down and there's a guy in a tree, holding his daughter. >> reporter: a fire just weeks ago cleared the area around the creek of vegetation. among the nine dead, at least three children. four others rescued by helicopter. and rushed to the hospital. meanwhile in the midwest, unprecedented flooding. after days of severe storms. officials in illinois say close to 7,000 structures are damaged. now massive sand-bagging operation as rivers continue to swell. >> it's a lot of work. hopefu

our guest host rebecca patterson, and joe ziedle. recently not quite as bullish how long ago was that? and are you still there? >> yes, joe. we've been more cautious this year, it's been a great call because the market's -- >> since the beginning of the year >> yeah, really since the beginning of the year. and the markets have been great. i think it's just proven that this year is a lot more about how technical and liquidity has been a lot more important than seeing acceleration of fundamentals >> but what fundamentals haven't kept pace? >> well, if we look at things like earnings growth, you know, we had a pickup in earnings growth, but it's -- we've seen the p/e advance much faster than the pickup in earnings so, you know, we say that if you look at ford, multiples, they've increased by more than 2.5 times. so the median p/e now is close to 19. and that's in the last 30 years, there's only been four quarters where the median p/e has been higher >> tom, with the p/e today, don't you have to factor in the fact that bond yields are so